night Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
night in Smith's Bible Dictionary
[DAY]
night in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
NIGHT , one division of the twenty four hours composing a day. It includes the period of darkness, Gen 1:5, and was divided from the day by "lights in the firmament." Gen 1:14. Figuratively, it has been taken to designate death, John 9:4, and sin, 1 Thess 5:5. In the beautiful passage, "There shall be no night there," Rev 21:25; Rev 22:5, the meaning is that heaven is a place where no sorrow or sin or death finds entrance.
night in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
(See DAY.) Figuratively: (1) the time of distress (Isaiah 21:12). (2) Death, the time when life's day is over (John 9:4). (3) Children of night, i.e. dark deeds, filthiness, which shuns daylight (1 Thessalonians 5:5). (4) The present life, compared with the believer's bright life to come (Romans 13:12).